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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
5
A curious article describes a wagering game called the magical century with a numerical betting system and a method to reach a target total. It also covers a children’s farmer game where a boy assigns animal names and uses hand signals to trigger animal sounds for comedic effect.
A brief caption notes optical illusions displayed at a center in New York with a focus on visual tricks and viewer perception. The fragment mentions the phrase Heraia but provides limited context about location or event.
Odd guide explains turning empty bottles into toy dolls with tissue paper clothes. Instructions cover bottle heads necks and paper skirts for girls and babies, plus creating birdlike whistles from teapots and wooden whistles using elder or willow.
A puzzled boy asks what the letters q. v. mean and finds they stand for quod vide which see. In encyclopedias and dictionaries these terms refer readers from one article to another for further information.
Public interest in London swelled as the 9 murder trial concluded with Robert Wood, a young artist, acquitted after a dramatic courtroom drama. Amid cheers, Wood calmly sketched the judge from the dock as Miss Dimmock’s death and a single card led to his arrest. the crowd hailed him as a hero.
A London Answers summary reports experiments by Dr. Smith showing that even small alcohol doses impair work capacity. Compositors drinking weekly fall 15 percent on Mondays, with tests revealing 20 percent lower arithmetic accuracy and 70 percent less memory after beer or whisky. Moderate drinking reduces eye precision, strength, and wind, undermining intellectual and muscular ability.
An article notes opium affects races differently, citing Indian consumption and Malay responses, including opium use before battle for Javanese. It also reports Minnesota chemist Julius Harbert finds adulterants common in whisky make alcohol the worst poison, regardless of purity.
A damaged OCR style verse presents an alphabetic temperance psalm praising total abstinence. It links letters to vices and consequences of drink, urging readers to turn from temptation and resist alcohol through self control and knowledge.
The 25th anniversary edition of the World Almanac claims to be the most unusual reference book since the printing press. It offers ten thousand indispensable facts plus a 25 year resume of major events, with 100000 pages and 50 percent more content for the same price. It is priced at 25 cents, or 35 cents mailed to any address from the Press Publishing Company in the Pulitzer Building, New York City.
The New York World advertises its thrice weekly edition as a cheaper, timely, impartial paper with global news, markets, cartoons, and fiction. A one year combo with Indiana Progress is offered for 1.76, versus 2.00 for the two papers.
Matehmakera reports a controversial proclamation urging wives to rebel against established practices. Authorities ordered immediate destruction of the handbills and arrests for distribution. The empress dowager warned of severe punishment, while noting French arrangements reportedly pleased parents.
A London Answers item on a church door notes missing persons, stolen goods, and stray livestock. It lists lost lad and lambs, mislaid coins at a pub, and sabbath breakers seen near a lane to Prodigal Town, with an offered reward for help. The tone is satirical about public notices and the call for reward.
The article laments the rapid disappearance of hickory, vital for tool handles and axe shelves, noting its slow growth and limited substitutes. It warns sources like New England and several midwestern states have lost much of their hickory stock and suggests planting avenues along streets to restore supply.
Henry H. Steying opens Wholesale casket department adjoining the New Indiana House to buy undertaking goods from manufacturers at time prices and discounts for city jobbers. First National Bank of Indiana offers four percent on time deposits with book or CD options. Progress clubbing list on page two notes price changes effective today. readers urged to review panel prices before remittance.
Road Masters reports described as 100 reports per book with a stub that yields a duplicate. Books available for 86 cents each at the office, 45 cents by mail. Large quantities offered at lower price.
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